"We were lured to do Mt Burke after seeing acebook trip reports from the past week with no snow, and easy ridge traverse. The consditions had changed drastically in one week. We did the loop counter-clockwise. The ascent to the N summit involves bushwacking. We started with boot-top snow, which quickly became knee-deep, and the last ~100 both side of tree line (where you hit the ridge proper) had waist-deep wading. It took us 4.5 hours to the N summit. The ridge was in winter consitions, with lots of knee-deep snow. Had a bit of concern going down the N summit in terms of avalanche. Lots of the ridge walking was easy, but constantly poking because of cornices. there were really just two more difficult spots, where an ice axe was welcome. A slip there would not have been good. From the summit, it was an easy descent, especially given a group of 9 had been up to the main summit. We took the direct descent. Overal a fun day, that was longer/harder than anticipated. I would say right in those conditions, the ridge was not a scramble, rather easy mountaineering." — apfelstrudel • Mar 30, 2019